engine clean

right i know my car is nothing special but it is good condition only one scuff from the previous owner .but one thing that is letting it down is the look of the engine i know nobody sees it but i no what state it is in and it is filthy. i have like give it a wipe down to get rid of the like the horrible black but it is still dirty whats is the best way to clean it up and what product u guys advise? cheers

"DONT what ever you do pour hot water over it... thats how i blew my mondeo engine up haha. best way i recon is good old elbow grease.. get a stool. sit down with some soapy water dry cloth etc and get a scrubbing. i did it on my 1994 corsa spent best part of 5 hours under the bonnet cleaning the end result was well worth the graft... or you can pay to have it cleaned which is just boring imo"

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

naa i not having it done professionally i wanna do it my self so just hot soapy water and time i need then. fingers crossed we have a nice weekend.

"well thats all i used fella on my corsa. went through about 30 rags lol. but it was worth it in the end. someone else like Grant may have another way to do it. me not having much knowlage on engine cleaning. i did it that way and it worked "

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

"well at merc they used to use TFR i believe (grant will correct me if im wrong! lol) and a jetwash! but just protect any airfilters etc if you do this and leave the car to dry before starting il always remember womble had his airfilter protected by a plaggy bag and forgot that it was on there turns engine on and the suction just crushed all the filter looked a rather odd shape! "

worst ive ever done is with my 1994 mondeo. i got bored of wiping all cob webs off etc. so thought it covered airfilter up with a bag. along with the coil. then poured a huge bucket of boiling water over the engine bay... little did i know that my HT leads were NOT inserted correctly. so resulted in water getting in with the spark plugs and even into the engine. after about 2 week of driving around like this the engine eventually blew up and sounded wank. so traded it in for the 206

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

whats TFR?

"The worst thing you can do imo is use a jet wash get some engine GUNK its about £5 for a gallon which is well enough and a stiff brush and then loads of rags and be very very wary with water also. "

"Only Phil would pour water over an engine I used a mixture of WD-40 Alloy Wheel cleaner and flash dash (not all at once depending on texture) to clean mine up. Took 20 hours in total but my engine/bay is a lot bigger."

yeah chears for the advice guys